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=== Index of First Lines ===
=== Index of First Lines ===


#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I hate the vulgar crowd, and keep them away:]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Let the boy toughened by military service. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|The passion of the public, demanding what]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O royal Calliope, come from heaven,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|We believe thunderous Jupiter rules the sky:]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Why weep, Asterie, for Gyges, whom west winds. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|You, an expert in prose in either language,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|‘While I was the man, dear to you,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|If you drank the water of furthest Don, Lyce,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Girls are wretched who can’t allow free play to love, or drown their cares. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O Bandusian fountain, brighter than crystal,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O citizens, conquering Caesar is home. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|The towers made of bronze, and the doors made of oak,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Aelius, noble descendant of ancient]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|You can tell me the years between. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Pyrrhus, you can’t see how dangerous it is. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Faithful wine-jar, born, with me, in Manlius’]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Phidyle, my country girl, if you raise your]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Though you’re richer than the untouched. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Where are you taking me, Bacchus,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I was suited to sweethearts till now, and performed. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|What better thing is there to do,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Maecenas, son of Etruscan kings, a jar]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,]]




=== Metres Used in Book III. ===
=== Metres Used in Book III. ===
   
   


The number of syllables most commonly employed in each standard line of the verse is given. This may vary slightly for effect (two beats substituted for three etc.) in a given line.
Alcaic Strophe: 11 (5+6) twice, 9, 10   
used in Odes: 1-6,17,21,23,26,29
Sapphic and Adonic: 11(5+6) three times, 5
Odes: 8,11,14,18,20,22,27
First Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) all lines
Ode: 30
Second Asclepiadean: 8, 12 (6+6), alternating
Odes: 9,15,19,24,25,28
Third Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) three times, 8
Odes 10,16
Fourth Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) twice, 7, 8
Odes: 7,13
Fifth Asclepiadean: 16 (6+4+6) all lines
Odes: None in Book III
Alcmanic Strophe: 17 (7+10) or less, 11 or less, alternating
Odes: None in Book III
First Archilochian: 17 (7+10) or less, 7 alternating
Odes: None in Book III
Fourth Archilochian Strophe: 18 (7+11) or less, 11 (5+6) alternating
Odes: None in Book III
Second Sapphic Strophe: 7, 15 (5+10) alternating
Odes: None in Book III
Trochaic Strophe: 7,11 alternating
Odes: None in Book III
Ionic a Minore: 16 twice, 8
Ode: 12
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[[Category:Poetry]]
[[Category:Poetry]]

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